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By Khalid Bashir Gura SRINAGAR: More than 150 employees hailing from Jammu and Kashmir serving in the Union Territory of Ladakh in various Government departments have appealed to the Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, to bring them back as promised before the bifurcation of the er...

Stuck In Lockdown, Kashmiri Students Seek Travel Assistance For Going To Bangladesh by Khalid Bashir Gura SRINAGAR: Amid the second wave of raging Covid-19 pandemic across India, the future of 100-odd Kashmiri medical students pursuing degrees in Bangladesh is at stake as they are stuck in lockdown in Kashmir while their universities have informed them that their exams will be commencing from May 31. These students had returned to Kashmir last month as their exams were postponed on April ...

by Khalid Bashir Gura SRINAGAR: As Kashmir valley braces for a third lockdown from Thursday evening owing to the rising Covid-19 cases, the civil society at large is suggesting various measures to contain the raging contagion while keeping a complete lockdown strategy as the last measure. The 84-hour lockdown will be the third consecutive since reading of Article 370 on August 5, 2019. Dr Suhail Naik, President Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) said Section 144 is better with people adhering to...

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Exceptional Carver Khalid Bashir Gura A collection of Ghulam Nabi Dar’s works that are awaiting buyers. His art is competitively expensive. KL Image: Bilal Bahadur In one of the cramped alleys of downtown Srinagar, the city of Kashmir, a man in his late sixties drops chisel as he sees to shake hands with this reporter. “I am not scared of the virus,” says Ghulam Nabi Dar, 68.  His room where he does walnut woodcarving smells of wood. The wood dust covers everything:  a red colour...

We respect PPP’s decision on resignations: Rana Sanaullah PML-N leader accused PTI of rigging NA-75 Sialkot by-election SAMAA | Shahid Hussain - Posted: Apr 3, 2021 | Last Updated: 4 days ago SAMAA | Shahid Hussain Posted: Apr 3, 2021 | Last Updated: 4 days ago Photo: File PML-N’s Ranaullah Sanaullah said on Saturday that PPP’s opinion on resignation as members of assemblies is fully respected. Sanaullah, speaking to the media after the hearing of the drug possession...

Mutton Hunger Khalid Bashir Gura Mutton wholesalers and Retailers Association on Wednesday organised a protest at press enclave Srinagar against the new mutton rates fixed by the government. KL Image by Bilal Bahadur Soon after finishing morning prayers, Suhail Ahmad, an Anantnag resident, travels to nearby districts in his car in search of mutton for his sister who recently delivered a baby.  He buys it at Rs 600, a kilogram from various butchers who work in the early morning hours. Sin...

UPDATED: March 15, 2021 12:00 IST Umar Khalid and Kanhaiya Kumar are among the 10 individuals who have been accused in the JNU sedition case. Ten people accused in the 2016 Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) sedition case have been produced in Delhi’s Patiala House Court on Monday. Soon after, the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Pankaj Sharma directed the Delhi Police to supply chargesheet and other case-related documents to Kanhaiya Kumar and all the other accused. Taking note of the char...

10 Specially Abled Children Passed 12th, 4 With Distinction Khalid Bashir Gura SRINAGAR: In the Twelth class examinations, the results of which were declared by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE), all the ten specially-abled students of Abhedananda Home have passed with flying colours.  Hailing from far-flung areas of Kashmir, four out of 10 students also got distinctions. The 10 inmates of Abhinanda Home, who passed the 12th class examination with flying colours. T...

Khalid Bashir Ahmad In January 2013, when the then Secretary Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages invited the then Minister for Culture to the foundation laying ceremony of the Tehzeeb Mahal at Srinagar, the latter was like, “At Srinagar…Why not at Jammu?” Governor being briefed about upcoming Tehzeeb Mahal Project in September 2013. January 22, 2013: Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, lays the foundation stone of the Rs 72 crore Tehzeeb Mahal near t...